From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [156.67.10.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0C133CF02A; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:04:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776863070; cv=none; b=KjNsn+ob4uNcZ4qDg+t61g0uD5n7R1U84/fqTRJrDW1W5YPas1LDELa8T4KHKUcyauK7EAmpr/4nJYbj9qvLCRymnXR/KQ+cbL0E89CznsEaInn1w84XpFhZTJ9X+fcndTN8NftIpZXB3XQefXVZRcPWQs2wCj9XicSc8XP5N2A= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776863070; c=relaxed/simple; bh=uKVADmxDIvEoGE6cGJhJA1LPz+dQWUZQFQqaF9FWYf8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=czXYkCAVGGdhmcyRy4/5mMZUscqmFHI/jyEHrTZgGYaFT1yn9UvZNK/WnUqu12eWeVb87+0z0cLmHNKEA0XGVmdeosUSXmmPeob43ZuyN3MwL5ThdJ31BFO34pc426Hc8/pRiwJu0nWWeS6DJCbd/SeM6ja51IKbF6NQ46lHruE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b=E2ttJwcn; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="E2ttJwcn" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=msVM0Z7nWQ/M2JHQQDaKFBklUSOvhst7cLU997D7X1g=; b=E2ttJwcnxR4bUgm3e0XYP+NZ4b NWEPfgCfatWH9L12T1gxzJ10EYWXDoIRafhJh6i27JAlTaHHCVGj52SpjEomr5KsnEi15J05ldd8q 5hN2+MR6+OP7uaRCGdX6kgXr/O1kYHkF/MSTHGecwccFkdE+g/+DPF8MvorxfF0xexok=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wFXFd-00H26c-5G; Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:04:21 +0200 Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:04:21 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn> Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, tglx@kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: packetengines: remove obsolete yellowfin driver and vendor dir Message-ID: <5e8e2117-e183-4eaa-8946-3f077e528b57@lunn.ch> References: <20260422044820.485660-1-25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn> <20260422044820.485660-3-25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260422044820.485660-3-25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:48:20PM +0800, Mingyu Wang wrote: > Similar to the hamachi driver, the yellowfin driver supports hardware > that is over two decades old and no longer in active use. > > Since yellowfin was the last remaining driver in the packetengines > vendor directory, we can now safely remove the entire directory and > drop its associated references from the parent Kconfig and Makefile. > > This eliminates dead code and reduces the overall maintenance burden > on the netdev subsystem. > > Signed-off-by: Mingyu Wang <25181214217@stu.xidian.edu.cn> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Andrew